OCTOBER 26, 2022

For Refractory Gastroparesis, G-POEM Supported by Several Sets of New Data

SAN DIEGO—Several new sets of data show that in appropriately selected patients, gastric per-oral endoscopic myotomy has high rates of success in the treatment of refractory gastroparesis.

In one prospective study involving two centers that evaluated response based on a symptom scoring system, success rates climbed to 80% when the baseline symptom score was high, according to Jérémie Jacques, MD, PhD, a professor of medicine at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, in